Goodbyes, coming in, yes and no
Tests: 6 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 2 of the ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.
Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.
Test 1 · right ✓
«ni means knee in ukrainian lol» Which is right?
- 1. Yes, and it also means leg — no support
- 2. Yes, ni is the body part, the bend in your leg — no support
- 3. No, ni means no; it only sounds like «knee» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 4. No, ni means yes — score 8
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 2, line 14: «ni means no; it sounds like the English word «knee».», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+4); the same doer «ni» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · right ✓
It's 8 in the evening and you arrive at Sashko's. You say «DObroi NOchi!». What is wrong?
- 1. DObroi NOchi is good night at bedtime, not hello — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. It means goodbye for ever — no support
- 3. It is a morning greeting — no support
- 4. Nothing, it is the evening hello — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2, line 2: «At the school gate you shout do zAvtra (see you tomorrow), and at bedtime on a sleepover everyone says DObroi NOchi (good night) or solOdkykh snIv (sweet dream…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «dobroi» (+4); the same place «bedtime» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · right ✓
You walk into the flat in muddy trainers. What would happen?
- 1. It would be a real faux pas; shoes come off at the door — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. Nothing, shoes always stay on indoors — no support
- 3. The family would clap — no support
- 4. You would be offered outdoor boots — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2, line 12: «rozdyHAisya means take your shoes off; walking into a Ukrainian flat in outdoor shoes is a real faux pas, and you may be offered slippers, TAPochky.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «real faux pas» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · wrong ✗
It's Friday at the school gate. Which goodbye fits Monday's meeting?
- 1. DObroho RANku — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. DObroi NOchi — no support
- 3. do ponedIlka — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. do zAvtra — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · wrong ✗
«shcho NOvoho?» asks Dmytryk. You have no news. What can you say?
- 1. rozdyHAisya — no support
- 2. ZAkhody — ← Mova's choice · score 11
- 3. solOdkykh snIv — no support
- 4. nIchoho — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2, line 3: «When Sashko's mum opens the door she says ZAkhody! (come in!) and then rozdyHAisya — take your shoes off, because in most Ukrainian homes outdoor shoes stay by…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same thing acted on «zakhody» (+4); the same action «say» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · right ✓
Leaving the friend's flat, what do you say to his granny?
- 1. do pobAchennya or na vsE DObre — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 2. nE-a — score 7
- 3. AHA, buvai — score 7
- 4. poKA-poKA, babe, see ya tomorrow — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 12, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1, line 16: «BUvai is an informal bye to friends; to a granny you would say do pobAchennya instead.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same thing acted on «pobachennya» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · wrong ✗
Sashko's mum offers TAPochky after rozdyHAisya. What is she giving you?
- 1. Biscuits — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Slippers — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A taxi — no support
- 4. A towel — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · wrong ✗
«ne tak!» shouts your friend as you build the den. What does he mean?
- 1. Not like that, that's wrong — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yes, perfect, keep going like that — no support
- 3. Take your shoes off — no support
- 4. No thanks — ← Mova's choice · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2, line 13: «tak means yes, to anyone; ne tak means «not like that» or «wrong».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+2); the same doer «ne tak» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · wrong ✗
In a game a cartoon boy says «AHA» to the queen when she asks a question. What would be better?
- 1. zdorOv — no support
- 2. ni-ni — score 3
- 3. tak — ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. nE-a — ← Mova's choice · score 12
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 12, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2, line 4: «Yes is tak and no is ni; between kids yes is often a lazy AHA and no a quick nE-a, like «uh-huh» and «nope».», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same circumstance (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · right ✓
«solodkykh sniv is soppy, only babies say it» Which is right?
- 1. No, in a family it is just a sweet normal goodnight — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. No, it means get up — no support
- 3. Yes, it is an insult — no support
- 4. Yes, only for babies — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · right ✓
«oi stop saying nE-a to my mum, she hates that» Why does the friend say this?
- 1. nE-a is a casual nope that can sound rude to adults — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. nE-a is a swear word — no support
- 3. nE-a means yes to adults — score 3
- 4. His mum doesn't speak Ukrainian, only English and Polish — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2, line 16: «nE-a is a casual nope between kids, and to adults it can sound rude.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ne» (+2); the same thing acted on «casual nope» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Identify the valediction appropriate to be addressed by a child to the grandparents of his companion.
- 1. do pobAchennya — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. AHA — no support
- 3. nE-a — no support
- 4. zdorOv — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
State the conduct expected of a visitor upon hearing the injunction rozdyHAisya.
- 1. The removal of the coat and its deposit in the kitchen — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The announcement of one's full name — no support
- 3. The removal of outdoor footwear at the threshold — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The washing of the hands before entry — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Select the response consistent with the established usage of DObroi NOchi.
- 1. It is employed solely at the hour of retiring, and never as a salutation upon arrival — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It is a greeting reserved for the morning — no support
- 3. It is the customary salutation upon arrival in the evening — no support
- 4. It is an expression of gratitude for food — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the affirmatives tak and AHA?
- 1. Both signify yes, whereas AHA is casual and may appear lazy when addressed to an elder — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Both signify no, whereas tak is impolite — no support
- 3. tak signifies no and AHA signifies yes — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 4. AHA is the more formal of the two — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2, line 13: «tak means yes, to anyone; ne tak means «not like that» or «wrong».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «mean» (+2); the same doer «ne tak» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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